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Minister for Education Norma Foley requests report on challenges technology poses to 'fair' assessments of students in the Junior and Leaving Cert exams
Make no mistake, this decision to back away from teacher assessment is all about the souring relationship between teacher unions and the Department of Education, writes Jennifer Horgan
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Privately-funded and outside the Department of Education’s remit, independent schools do not follow the State curriculum
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In Northern Ireland, most students never study the Troubles while the education offered in the South is patchy
Concerted attempts are under way to characterise portions of the updated relationship and sexuality education curriculum as evidence of some malign agenda to corrupt or endanger our young people.